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Bachelor of
Advanced Humanities (Honours)

Overview

Big picture. Big ideas. A stimulating and challenging program for high-achieving students with a passion for understanding the world we live in.

Throughout this four year Honours program you will develop valuable logical reasoning, communication and creative thinking skills that can be applied across a range of areas and industries. Our humanities disciplines study society and culture in all its forms, looking for answers to significant and urgent social problems. You'll be part of a small group who'll stay together throughout your four years of study and enjoy a number of extracurricular activities, such as an orientation camp.

During the program, you'll study a core suite of interdisciplinary courses including:

Great Works and the Humanities

Humanities and the Big Questions

Interdisciplinary Thinking

These courses and your majors will expose you to contemporary thinking in the humanities, provide a forum for interdisciplinary discussion and emphasise connections across humanities disciplines.

Graduating with a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) equips you with professional research and critical thinking skills, which you can apply across a range of areas from analysing the ethics of biotechnology to policy development.

Program highlights

Program highlights

Immerse yourself in a creative and diverse curriculum with a strong focus on key intellectual works that have shaped humanity.

Organise and run a research symposium and take on an internship which offers you the possibility to hone your professional practice and start building your networks.

15 scholarships of $30,000 per year are available to eligible students studying the western civilisation extended major.

Engage with leading humanities researchers from your first year of study and participate in the university’s research culture, applying and developing your analytical skills through practice-led learning.

1 in Australia for social sciences and humanities

CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019

1 in Queensland for arts and humanities

QS World University Rankings 2020

Majors

Tailor your studies to suit your goals. This program offers these options:

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Entry score threshold

This table shows the minimum adjusted score that was considered for admission to the B AdvancedHumanities(Hons) in 2020

OP

Rank

IB

5

92

35

This table shows the minimum adjusted score that was considered for admission to the B AdvancedHumanities(WCIV)Hons in 2020

OP

Rank

IB

5

92

35

These are the lowest adjusted scores we made an offer to in Semester 1, 2020. Entry scores are based on the most recent Semester 1 intake and are updated in April each year. Meeting the threshold doesn't guarantee admission.

Studies in Religion

Religion is a major force in every part of the world, and it continues to shape societies across the globe.

This major will lead you to reflect on and understand religious traditions, questions and values. Studies in Religion offers a critical, multi-disciplinary approach to a range of faiths and spiritual experiences.

Future work areas include education and academia, health and social welfare, law and justice, or even broadcasting.

Western Civilisation (Extended Major)

Immerse yourself in a creative and diverse curriculum, with a strong critical focus on the key intellectual movements which have shaped Western Civilisation from antiquity to the current day.

Through reading, studying and critiquing major works of literature, art, music, politics, law, and religion, you'll develop an understanding of the dynamic interplay of social, historical and aesthetic forces that have contributed to evolving conceptions of the West.

Up to 30 scholarships valued at $30,000 per year for the full-time duration of the program are available to commencing students each year to study Western Civilisation in either the Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) or Bachelor of Humanities/Bachelor of Laws (Honours). The Scholarship is open to school leavers with Australian Citizenship or Australian Permanent residency status.

Graduates go on to careers in different fields of law, or roles in diplomatic and intelligence services, policy making, advisory positions and much more.

Studies in Religion

Religion is a major force in every part of the world, and it continues to shape societies across the globe.

This major will lead you to reflect on and understand religious traditions, questions and values. Studies in Religion offers a critical, multi-disciplinary approach to a range of faiths and spiritual experiences.

Future work areas include education and academia, health and social welfare, law and justice, or even broadcasting.

Western Civilisation (Extended Major)

Immerse yourself in a creative and diverse curriculum, with a strong critical focus on the key intellectual movements which have shaped Western Civilisation from antiquity to the current day.

Through reading, studying and critiquing major works of literature, art, music, politics, law, and religion, you'll develop an understanding of the dynamic interplay of social, historical and aesthetic forces that have contributed to evolving conceptions of the West.

Up to 30 scholarships valued at $30,000 per year for the full-time duration of the program are available to commencing students each year to study Western Civilisation in either the Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) or Bachelor of Humanities/Bachelor of Laws (Honours). The Scholarship is open to school leavers with Australian Citizenship or Australian Permanent residency status.

Graduates go on to careers in different fields of law, or roles in diplomatic and intelligence services, policy making, advisory positions and much more.

Fees and Scholarships

Government assistance

Financial aid

Indicative annual fee

AUD $34,208

Indicative annual fee 2020

This indicative annual fee is the cost of enrolling in the Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) for the 2020 academic year. It is calculated based on a standard full-time study load (16 units per academic year).

If you enrol in a larger or smaller study load, your fees will be calculated on a proportionate basis. All fees are reviewed annually.

Centrelink support

Indicative annual fee

AUD $6,751

Indicative annual fee 2020 Commonwealth supported place

This indicative annual fee is the approximate cost of enrolling in a Commonwealth supported place (CSP) in the Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) for the 2020 academic year. It is calculated based on a standard full-time study load (16 units over two semesters).

Actual fees will vary according to your choice of courses and their unit value. The Australian Government indexes fees each year.